another kind of walk

I've finished with the recap of my Spain / Portugal trip, at least for now.  I do have 600 more pictures just in case someone would like to see them all some day. This evening I took a different kind of walk.  I was part of a walk from the MLK bridge to our church followed by a very inspirational program commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King's 'mountaintop' speech. There were several inspiring speakers with the special guest being Rev. Dr. C. T. Vivian, now 91 years old, who was on Dr. King's staff for several years and has gone on to do his own work for desegregation, been an adviser to business people and presidents, and a frequent award winner.  Altogether a very moving event attended by at least 200 to 300 people from several different churches in Ft. Wayne.  While I appreciated the warmth and  camaraderie, especially as we all joined hands to sing "We Shall Overcome" I couldn't help wondering what the future holds for the five young black men (apparently teens and pre-teens) sitting in the row in front of me.  They all looked like perfectly nice kids, bright, attentive and well behaved, and yet, statistically, one or more of them will end up dead or in jail before they reach 20.